Overview
- The FAA last month put in place round-the-clock restrictions barring flights within one mile of Mar-a-Lago, prompting revised arrival and departure routes at Palm Beach International Airport.
- More than 100 residents gathered at a Citizens Committee on Airport Noise meeting to protest new corridors over West Palm Beach and Palm Beach Island.
- Residents described frequent low-altitude overflights and reported soot and jet-fuel odors in homes, voicing unverified health concerns tied to the noise and emissions.
- No representatives from the FAA or the Secret Service attended the meeting because of the federal shutdown, leaving residents without direct agency responses.
- County Commissioner Gregg Weiss said he has written to the Secret Service and will escalate the issue to airport staff, the county commission and the White House, as the restrictions are expected to remain in effect for at least a year.